The literature increasingly recognizes the interactive nature of innovation processes. Biomedical innovation, in particular, tends to be highly interactive. Given the ubiquitous nature of interactivity in biomedical innovation, we argue that the concept of innovation being interactive or distributed is not sufficiently differentiated to capture variation in the management and organization of in...

The main objective of this paper is to analyze RFID technology as an innovation concept through the lens of the diffusion of innovation theory. Drawing on the extant literature on the diffusion of innovations –with an emphasis on innovation classifications and the “open innovation”–, as well as on an analysis of a longitudinal case study conducted in a Canadian beverage supply chain currently e...

Most forestry machines being produced today include a personal computer that monitors and controls the harvester head, and an information system that stores data on every action the driver or the machine performs. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) thus provide an opportunity to improve efficiency and competitiveness and possibly also opens up new ways of working for actors in th...

The paradigm of Open-Innovation allows software companies new forms of interactive innovation and its diffusion across socio-cultural boundaries. This process constitutes and is constituted by a heterogeneous network of interacting actors. In this interaction, seeds for innovation will be created and have to be adopted by the participants of the respective network. This paper studies the concep...

Innovation is becoming more and more important as a driver of economic growth. In developed countries, a diverse set of innovation indicators has been developed to monitor innovation performance and the impact of innovation policies. Developing countries have been late to jump on this bandwagon and are now faced with a set of well‐established innovation indicators that might not be that well su...

background and purpose: consideringbackground and purpose: considering the importance and necessity of competency-based education at a global level and with respect to globalization and the requirement of minimum competencies in medical fields, medical education communities and organizations worldwide have tried to determine the competencies, present frameworks and education models to respond t...

  Purpose: This study was designed to investigate the association between knowledge creation and   organizational innovation among the staff of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).   Materials and Methods: In this descriptive correlational study, 132 individuals from TUMS   employees were randomly selected based on Cochran’s formula. The questionnaires of knowledge   creation managemen...

the objective of present article is to discuss women’s image as presented in computer games and their ascribed roles by meta-analysis of research findings. play and games are mechanism for learning society’s norms and values in the process of socialization. electronic games are the innovation of 70’s and reached its highest diffusion rate in the mid. 80s. from sociological perspective these gam...

in this article the role of creativity and innovation in the survival of corporations, the major factors in fostering and development of potentiality and talent for creativity and innovation. the role of managers in nurturing -such talents have been vowed as an important one. managers with their behavior and leadership approach would-be able to-make the people to become creative and innovative....